Jews Dominate Forbes Rich List
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Forbes released its annual list of 400 richest Americans on Wednesday and Jews took 30 of the top 100 spots (thanks Gawker, for doing the demographic breakdown for us).
The price of admission onto the 29th Rich List was a staggering $1 billion, and, not surprisingly — as far as minorities go, at least — Jews took excelled. The breakdown, according to Gawker’s research, included one black woman (No. 130, Oprah Winfrey), three gay men (No. 54, David Geffen; No. 332, Barry Diller; and No. 365, Peter Thiel), four Indians, six (non-Indian) Asians, 34 women, and, of course, 30 Jews in the top 100 (see below). They must have stopped counting after the 100 mark.
Number of Jews in the Top 100: 30
No. 10 — Michael Bloomberg
No. 11 — Larry Page
No. 11 — Sergey Brin
No. 13 — Sheldon Adelson
No. 14 — George Soros
No. 15 — Michael Dell
No. 24 — Carl Icahn
No. 24 — Ron Perelman
No. 31 — Len Blavatnik
No. 32 — Steve Cohen
No. 35 — Mark Zuckerberg
No. 38 — Samuel Newhouse
No. 44 — Eli Broad
No. 49 — Donald Newhouse
No. 54 — David Geffen
No. 58 — Ira Rennert
No. 60 — Ralph Lauren
No. 60 — Sam Zell
No. 62 — Richard LeFrak & Family
No. 62 — David Tepper
No. 66 — Leonard Lauder
No. 69 — Bruce Kovner
No. 69 — Stephen Schwarzman
No. 69 — Micky Arison
No. 88 — Leonard Stern
No. 90 — Henry Kravis
No. 90 — Haim Saban
No. 98 — Daniel Och
No. 101 — Edward Lampert
No. 101 — Stephen Ross
See the full list here.
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